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If you look at his parents and his siblings that are just light African-Americans. I am sure due to Slavery he has some white people back in his family tree but P is not even light enough to pass himself off as white.

I just think he said all that crap in the begnining of his carreer because he did not want to get lumped in to the RnB genre.

Mariah Carey truly needs to get over herself. Another motherfucker who wants to be black now out of convenience.

Prince is of mixed heritage!
He's not 100% African American...geesh, does anyone understand that like most blacks in america, atleast 80% by now, are of mixed heritage.

Black ppl don't really understand this I guess...because of our own ignorance to ignore the past.
I've heard in many interviews from the late 70's throughout the 80's Prince mention that his background is Black, Italian and Native American, so therefore he is mixed...

Just because he's PRO-Black now, doesn't mean he didn't say those things back in the day!
You can clearly look at his mom and dad and tell he's not straight off the boat!

As for Mariah Carey...she is a black woman, thou she's very fair complected...and she naturally has light colored hair...thou she's taken it a few step lighter, does not make her white...Black ppl have sandy brown to blonde hair also.

Ppl and stereotypes...geesh, no one knows what makes up a person or race.
Were all human and we should get over the race game...
There's so many ppl thats mixed out here...and would only claim to be black...like "Lena Horne, Shemar Moore, Halle Berry, Rosa Parks,The Rock...etc)
So its not a big deal to me and it shouldn't be to anyone else, I'm proud they stand tall and state "I'M BLACK"...were the most talented on earth and the most blessed.

I'm black and proud also, but my family is of latin heritage also, and I won't deny that part of me either...because its who I am...and theres nothing wrong with knowing where you come from, even if its from a bad place, you just learn from it and move on.

peace and not2war!

NPD313 said:

Some of you people kill me

Like I stated before there are all hues in my family. Should my caramel self, my near White looking sister & chocolate brown sister go around saying we're mixed? Or maybe only my near White looking sister should say it since that would seem acceptable to outsiders, yet our chocolate sister might get a second look making the same claim, no?

There is White & Indian in my family HOWEVER despite the makeup of my grandparents, MY parents are Black. Therefore my sisters & I ARE Black.

People can claim whatever they want to claim but at a certain point the shit becomes suspect. There's a lot of muthafuckas out there itching to claim whatever they can so they're not "just Black" & that attitude/self hatred bugs the shit outta me. Like Black ain't "good enough" And if most Blacks in America are mixed anyway what the fuck are we really claiming? Why the need to claim mixed if we ALL ARE genius??

Fuck all y'all, Prince is Black



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Mariah Carey truly needs to get over herself. Another motherfucker who wants to be black now out of convenience.

CalhounSq said:

I am so sick of the Prince ain't 100% Black bullshit ma self.

Exactly! Especially when folks wanna throw that "all American Blacks are mixed anyway" which we are but come on - who is "just Black" if we're all mixed? Only people of a certain shade?? How far back do you go w/ the "I have this & that in my family" - at that rate nobody is really Black, so what the fuck??

TheOrgerFormerlyKnownAs said:

Mariah's father was half black Venezulean and half African American, His real last name is NUNEZ not CArey, he changed when he moved to America

Harlepolis said:

Why would that create controversy - she's mixed, isn't she? She's always claimed that quality makes her misunderstood by both whites and blacks, so that's probably why it's on the cover.
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CalhounSq said:

Petty shit you get bored of hearing from bunch of folks who suffer from "slave mentality".

Trust me boo, you don't even wanna bother

I like Mariah. I really do; but I think a lot of her "controversy" or "drama" is self created. I don't think I've heard anyone in recent years even discuss her race. Until she brings it up in an interview. They're are many mixed raced celebrities; Lenny Kravitz, Prince, Halle Berry, etc...I don't think they go on and on about how they don't fit into one catagory or another. Well Halle sometimes does. But in Mariah's case; she constantly brings it up. Embrace it, address it, then let it go!!!!! Another thing that really 'chaps my hide', is this incessant need to say "black" (i.e. "strong black woman", "misunderstood black woman" etc...) Once we see them, race will be apparent. But always having to put race on yourself or your 'title' just alienates (in a way) other people from being interested in anything else you'd have to say after that point. Be proud of your race, and wear it as a badge of honour if you will. But quit making it a point of controversy when it's really not.

just my

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Are all African-Americans trying to past themselves off as white to sell CD's?

Chico319 said:

Well said....

twink69 said:

I'm sorry but what is your point?

My new signature!!

laurarichardson said:

No, just her

NPD313 said:

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If you look at his parents and his siblings that are just light African-Americans. I am sure due to Slavery he has some white people back in his family tree but P is not even light enough to pass himself off as white.

I just think he said all that crap in the begnining of his carreer because he did not want to get lumped in to the RnB genre.

No one ever said "Black" wasn't good enough!

Mariah Carey truly needs to get over herself. Another motherfucker who wants to be black now out of convenience.

TheOrgerFormerlyKnownAs said:

point was she aint posing trying to be black but is black! Whatever her deal is she has issues with being so light skinned, hey dosn't every celeb "have their something"

twink69 said:

Oh, she's black now. Til she changes her mind again.

i thought this was about mariah? yall please dont make this a prince complexion thread. two things, i'm not sure whats goin' on inside her head but maybe she's gettin' older and seeing things in a different light(no pun intended) about herself or maybe she really is trying to capitalize on being black i dunno. but i've noticed that many black celebs who've avoided being pinned down as black or of the black community to appeal to the masses have eventually "come home" due to losing star power or some sort of respect overall. i've seen it with O.J. simpson, Michael Jackson, and janet jackson for that matter after the super bowl scandal.

NPD313 said:

Some of you people kill me

Like I stated before there are all hues in my family. Should my caramel self, my near White looking sister & chocolate brown sister go around saying we're mixed? Or maybe only my near White looking sister should say it since that would seem acceptable to outsiders, yet our chocolate sister might get a second look making the same claim, no?

There is White & Indian in my family HOWEVER despite the makeup of my grandparents, MY parents are Black. Therefore my sisters & I ARE Black.

People can claim whatever they want to claim but at a certain point the shit becomes suspect. There's a lot of muthafuckas out there itching to claim whatever they can so they're not "just Black" & that attitude/self hatred bugs the shit outta me. Like Black ain't "good enough" And if most Blacks in America are mixed anyway what the fuck are we really claiming? Why the need to claim mixed if we ALL ARE genius??

Fuck all y'all, Prince is Black



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